EMDR with Children and Teens Trainings
Child Therapists, Teen Therapists, and Play Therapists, welcome to our trainings page!
Our courses are designed in a way for you to learn how to playfully adapt EMDR Therapy with all ages of children.
To help navigate what courses would benefit you most, we have labeled our trainings Beginner, Beginner/Intermediate, Intermediate and Advanced. Click here for a Flowchart on how these trainings fit together.
If you are not yet trained in EMDR check out our BASIC trainings on the Trainings Tab above
Two City Tour: Playful EMDR with Children and their Caregivers
Parents and Caregivers as”Co-Therapists” in Processing
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
In person at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Chicago – North Shore Conference Center in Skokie, IL just minutes from O’Hare
April 26-28, 2024
Friday 4/26: 12:30-5:00pm
Saturday 4/27: 9:00am-5:00pm
Sunday 4/28: 9:00am-3:30pm
Level: INTERMEDIATE
EMDRIA credits and Play therapy credits
Check out the discount/no shipping cost on TheraTapper for this training!
In person at the Hyatt Place Boulder / Pearl Street in Boulder, CO
September 24-26, 2024
Tuesday 9/24: 12:30-4:30pm
Wednesday 9/25: 8:30am-4:30pm
Thursday 9/26: 8:30am-4:30pm
Level: INTERMEDIATE
EMDRIA credits and Play therapy credits!
Check out the discount/no shipping cost on TheraTapper for this training!
Playful Solutions to Using EMDR with Children and Teens for Play Therapists and Child Therapists
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
In person at OSU-Tulsa Conference Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma
July 11-13, 2024
15 CE Contact Hours
Level: FUNDAMENTALS “PLUS”
Playful EMDR Summit 2024
With hosts Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S, Jackie Flynn, LMHC, RPT and Ann Beckley-Forest LCSW, RPT-S & guest presenters Carmen Jimenez-Pride, LCSW, LISW-CP, ERYT, RPT-S, ICS and Karen Fried, Psy.D., MFT
In person at the Springhill Suites, 1 mile from Zion National Park or virtual livestream/recorded access
May 13th, 14th, 15th and 16th, 2024
8:30am – 5:00pm EST each day
LEVEL: All levels, but must be trained in Basic EMDR
Join your hosts Annie Monaco, Jackie Flynn and Ann Beckley-Forest on an exciting journey to explore dissociation, parts of self and transformative, playful EMDR therapy with children and teens.
Let’s Play EMDR: Fundamentals in EMDR
in the Play Therapy Room
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
LIVE ONLINE (not recorded)
May 21-22, 2024
9:45am – 2:00pm EST each day
Level: BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE
EMDRIA credits and Play therapy credits!
(meets APT requirements for virtual webinar hours)
Dissociation and Wounded Attachment in Children and Teens: Creative and Playful Ways of Treating Complex Trauma
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
In-person in Las Cruces, New Mexico
September 19-20, 2024 | 9:00am – 4:30pm
September 21, 2024 | 9:00am – 12:15pm
Level: Master
Advanced Integrative EMDR and Play Therapy
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
In person at the Monaco Training Center in Buffalo, NY, an hour away from Niagara Falls
September 29-October 4, 2024
Welcome Dinner provided on the first day
Level: MASTER
Parents and Caregivers as “Co-Therapists” in Processing
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
In-person in Perth, Western Australia
November 21-22, 2024
9:00am – 5:00pm AWST each day
Two 15 min breaks and 60 mins for lunch
Healing Trauma for Children, Teens
and the Child Within
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
In-person in Melbourne, Victoria
November 14-16, 2024
Three full days, option for one day
Distance Learning Trainings
Recognizing & Treating Youth with Dissociation: Weaving together play therapy, family therapy and trauma therapy protocols (PRE-RECORDED)
Fran Waters, LMFT, Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S and Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S
Level : INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED
18 credits: EMDRIA, Psychologists, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, LPC and other NBCC approved masters level clinicians
Let’s Play EMDR: Healing the Wounds of Trauma and Disrupted Attachment in Children and Adolescents. (PRE-RECORDED)
Recorded and On-Demand for 90 Days, hosted by
EMDR Advanced Trainings and Distance Learning on their website —
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSWR, RPT-S and Annie Monaco, LCSWR, RPT-S
12 credits: EMDRIA, Psychologists, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, LPC and other NBCC approved masters level clinicians
Level: BEGINNER/INTERMEDIATE
Virtually Possible: Play-supported EMDR with Children via Telehealth
(PRE-RECORDED)
Recorded February 25, 2022. On demand link below.
Participants have access to the recorded training for 90 days.
Ann Beckley-Forest, LCSW, RPT-S & Annie Monaco, LCSW, RPT-S and guest presenters
3 CEs — EMDRIA and professional CEs
Level: BEGINNER